He could not escape the beast within
Prod dets
To
Tame a Wolf
Series: Historical Werewolves # 5
Pub: 2005, MIRA
Author: Susan Krinard
Cat: historical paranormal romance
Format: paperback (mid); 393 pp w/ 24
chapters
Whose: Sim & Tally
Age Range: adult
Synopsis
Her innocence
destroyed, young widow Tally Bernard swore that she would never trust a man
again. But when her brother disappears, she has little choice but to make a
pact with the devil.
Though
he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life on a ranch of his own, Simeon
Kavanaugh can’t escape the legacy of his werewolf father. The animal instincts
that keep him from being fully human also make him a brilliant tracker, forced
to survive on the desperation of people in need.
The
attraction between these two wounded souls in immediate, primal – and
dangerous. If Simeon has any hope of saving Tally, he must do what he has
always resisted and merge both man and beast within him. But if she cannot
accept what he becomes, his choice may cost Simeon the only thing worth having
– Tally’s love.
Thoughts
You
sometimes forget things about a book that’s been sitting there waiting for you
to pick it up again. Or at least me, I have never seen the point in keeping a book
that isn’t going to be read again. The whole ‘only read it once’ thing seems to
be a waste of money especially if your keeping the thing.
Me,
I read books to death. I get ever single penny out of every book I own and if I
don’t I give it away. To the local library or friends I know would like them
(which mostly happens with me YA).
Saying
this, there are just some books that have long for been forgotten in the way of
books that I don’t need to really read every time I pick ‘em up.
This
book isn’t one of them. Yeah, sure you could just flip it at any page and start
reading and if you’re like me and read shit to death then it doesn’t
particularly matter because you know what has happened nearly word for word and
you can move on threw the pages. But unlike a lot of books, when I do that with
this one (hell the whole series) I can’t stop reading, page for page, word for
word.
And
that’s coming from someone who doesn’t like historical shit, or, really, cowboy
to be honest. So why did I love this book so much?
This
one is all about pain. Both characters have so much pain and shame and horror
in their past which is one of the main plot points and is one of the main
reason that it grips at your heart.
You
can’t help but sympathise, empathise, with both characters about their past,
about the secrets that they hold. And even though you learn a lot threw the
books, thing the others don’t you still have to piece together so much and when
the end comes you cry not only from the heartbreak they both feel but for the
reuniting and hushed words they share.
It’s
not often you come across two characters in one book who both feel as if they
don’t deserve to be love, for nearly the same reasons and yet they are so
different that it makes you a little teary (okay, me, but I like to think I’m
not the only crier). It’s also one of those stories that lets you hold back
slightly because you don’t need to coddle either character, they are living
through what they’ve been through. They are strong and they are there for each
other. The whole time.
It’s
actually real nice and sweet the way both characters come together, something
realistic (but I think it happens more so because of the time period than
anything else. maybe.)
The
history of the map, and the plot linking her brother and her past. her brother
and the evil man, the evil man and Sim, being them together with side
characters that you come to love and want to hit. The girl who helps move
things along and a dress that makes his heart skip. These things are all
relevant in moving the story alone and making it interesting and gripping.
Keeping your heart on edge and your brain needing more. more information, more
of them. It’s one of the things that has me loving the book, and more so loving
Krinard’s storytelling. Honestly I’s
dead almost anything of hers over and over again (I say almost because there’s
an Egyptian one and there’s no way I can deal with Historical and Egyptian
together when I can barely take them apart—though the short story I’m talking
about, I did read, the whole way threw, just didn’t care much for it)
So,
as I was saying, this is truly—hell, I can’t finish that, I have only 3 books
from this series and I have loved each and every one of them the same. But more
on that as the weeks move along.
If
Historical paranormal romance is your thing, then this is a book that should
hit the top of your list. It’s touching, loving and makes your heart squeeze in
your chest for both the characters.
Series
Touch of Wolf,
Once a Wolf, Secret of the Wolf, To Catch a Wolf, To Tame a Wolf, Bride
of a wolf, Luck of the Wolf, Code of the Wolf
☼☼☼
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